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Pencil portrait of a female Polish inmate made by another inmate in Ravensbrueck

Object | Accession Number: 2014.511.2
2014.511.2 front Pencil portrait of a female Polish inmate made by another inmate in Ravensbrueck Click to enlarge 2014.511.2 back Pencil portrait of a female Polish inmate made by another inmate in Ravensbrueck Click to enlarge

Portrait drawing of a woman, face and shoulders, created by another Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944.

Date
creation:  1944
Geography
creation: Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); Ravensbrück (Germany)
Classification
Art
Category
Drawings
Object Type
Portrait drawing (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride

About This Object

Physical Description
Pencil portrait drawing of a woman's head and shoulders. It is matted.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, cardboard, adhesive tape, adhesive, graphite

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-05-19 08:19:06
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